NEWS 3. On a soggy wet Sunday afternoon, over 40 Club members turned out for our AGM. That was a terrific effort and shows that it is important to you that your voice can be heard to make our Club such a happy and enjoyable place to spend your hard earned leisure hours.

The meeting started at 3pm and the Flag officers & Committee gave their reports of the events of the past year. It is always sad when the Commodore has to stand down after he has served the 3 year term and I know we all wish to give our hearty thanks to Alan Gittings for all that he has done over the years that he has been our Commodore. Thanks must also go to our retiring Rear Commodore Lloyd Weston for all the help and guidance that he has passed on over the past years and both Alan & Lloyd have kindly offered to become Trustees. Colin Brazier & Wally Wanstall have also remained as Trustees.

There were new amendments to the rules which were read out by Alan and were accepted by the attending members and then names were put forward to take the vacant Flag Officer and Committee positions. During the break, voting slips were filled in and Wally Wanstall kindly served as our teller to give the results which was a resounding yes to all that had applied for the vacant positions.

We would like to thank new Commodore Colin Brazier, new Vice Commodore Steve Dennis, new Rear Commodore Tony Mackenzie, new Works Co-ordinator Jon Rudd, new Membership Representative Steve Hogwood and also the three new Committee members Peter Dowell, David Burford & Clive Mowatt for taking up their responsibilities. Thanks also to the re-elected Treasurer Peter Downs, Secretary Cherry Cuckoo, Membership Secretary John Bottle, and Works Committee Ken Willison for continuing to support the Club for another year.

The meeting closed with presentations of Mementos to Alan Gittings & Lloyd Weston for their services to the Club.

NEWS 2. The first Work Party of the year was a weekend of graft, skill & lots of laughter as the Patio & the North Bank were attacked by the Grove Ferry Boat Club workforce. A hardy mixture of ladies & gents both young & not so young worked like trojans to remove earth, concrete, metal objects, tea, coffee & delicious food. It was a fantastic effort that was well organised with the recycling of the earth & rubble that was cleared from the old patio being used on the North Bank to fill in holes and suchlike. Weather permitting it is hoped to complete the transformation of the Clubhouse Patio by April 2010 so that all Club Members will benefit from the massive efforts of the Work Partys. Thank you so much to all who gave up their weekend.

NEWS 1. Cobweb Cruise 2010 has started our boating year with bright sunny but slighty nippy weather. A great turnout of around 30 members arrived at Redhouse Marsh with a superb array of goodies with mulled wine warming the cockles of our hearts. Tasty snacks were arriving from all over the place and were gratefully tucked into. It was great to catch up with old & new friends again and to blow the cobwebs out of the previously snow covered boats."Jofre's" bad luck struck again when mechanical failure forced poor Alan & Sheila to be towed back to Grove Ferry by our great friends from the Boathouse, Irene & Roy on the impressive "Reneroy". Thanks to you all for making the day so special and it was great to see so many boats out on the river after all the bad weather that has been thrown at us over the past few weeks.

Trying not to miss any of the boats who attended they were Turramurra, Joffre, Lady Belmont, Jaspen, Nauti Buoy, Capetown Girl, Perlican, Cygnet, Sara, Mystique & Four Winner.